'Dead as Earth': Contemporary Topicality and Myths of Origin in King Lear and The Shadow King

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    Abstract

    This essay considers the cultural work undertaken by an Australian Aboriginal adaptation of Lear. The appropriative process produces unexpected alignments and dissonances between the embedded cultural norms of the play-texts and those of its adapters. Several para-discourses, when combined with the play and production, can contribute to a thick description of its function as a cultural entity.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationShakespeare Survey: 68 Shakespeare, Origins and Originality
    EditorsPeter Holland
    Place of PublicationCambridge, UK
    PublisherCambridge University Press
    Pages221-233
    Volume1
    Edition1st
    ISBN (Print)9781316258736
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015

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    Volume68

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